A polished steel ball is used to reflect sunlight so that weather technicians can observe sunspot activity safely. The technicians are assigned with the Solar Optical Observing Network (SOON)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Holloman Air Force Base
State: New Mexico (NM)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Eddie Mccrossan
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
steel
ball
steel ball
sunlight
weather
technicians
weather technicians
sunspot
activity
sunspot activity
solar
optical
solar optical
network
new mexico
holloman air force base
high resolution
state
eddie mccrossan
us air force
usaf
air force base
us national archives
Date
27/09/1978
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Link
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